Most mispronounced monster names

[Henry]

Uh, yeah. That really clears it up. I am going with Chew-2-Lou and if fanboys want to take a swing I will have to be ready.

::dons Magical Helm as walks by Chew-2-Lou games at GenCon::

-Shay

I go with K-thoo-loo, myself, and 9 out of 10 people have never corrected me.

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

I go with K-thoo-loo, myself, and 9 out of 10 people have never corrected me.

And risk drawing the attention of Those-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named? Of course they didn't correct you. And I bet you've never heard from #10 again, have you?

 

[der_kluge]

According to TSR's own pronunciation guide a while back, it's definitely "boo-lay"

"Sahuagin" is hard to pronounce. It doesn't roll off the tongue very easily.

I had some friends that called Deep Gnomes "snibber-flibbin" because they had clearly given up trying to pronounce "sverf-niblin".

Duergar is often pronounced a variety of ways.

I often pronounce "minotaur" at least two ways, and I think both are actually correct.

Tarrasque is not "TARA-skew". It is "tah-RASK".

Pronouncing Lich as "lick" would likely warrant physical violence from me, or at least scads of disdain and loathing.

 

[Vraille Darkfang]

Bullette is only mispronounced because people pronounce it the way it should be pronounced. The -ette ending comes to English from French and is properly pronounced like the -et in bullet. I don't know why they insisted on Bullette being pronounced Bool-ay.

Edit: The french would pronounce Bullette roughly like the English pronounce bullet. Now the word bullet in French would be pronounced bool-ay.

That's right. I'd forgotten. It's been too long since I've studied French & my last DM pronounced Boo-lay so much I'd forgotten how I USED to pronounce it. (as saying anything other than boo-lay meant you were refereing to some imaginary creature & lost your action for the round).

I used to call a Bullette Bull-Let, as in Let the Bull. I stressed the break between the 2 syllables more, so I could say Shoot the Bul-let with the Bullet & people would know the difference.

But, Boo-lay does sound more festive. More of a party-monster.

 

[sniffles]

Byu-let.

That's how I always want to say it, but my friends all say bullet.

 

[reveal]

That's right. I'd forgotten. It's been too long since I've studied French & my last DM pronounced Boo-lay so much I'd forgotten how I USED to pronounce it. (as saying anything other than boo-lay meant you were refereing to some imaginary creature & lost your action for the round).

I used to call a Bullette Bull-Let, as in Let the Bull. I stressed the break between the 2 syllables more, so I could say Shoot the Bul-let with the Bullet & people would know the difference.

But, Boo-lay does sound more festive. More of a party-monster.

"And the land shark charges you!"

"BOO-LAY!"

 

[wingsandsword]

I knew of a DM who pronounced "Lich" and "Leak", which lead to this very interesting encounter:

DM: You enter the throne room, there is a leak by the far wall between the braziers.
Player: A leak?
DM: Yes, a leak.
Player: I stick my finger in it.
DM: Uh, okay. It casts Meteor Swarm on you, roll for initiative.

(This was the last time that group played with that DM).

 

[Tinner]

I think the worst one was the one player we had who insisted that the acolytes we were fighting were actually Eye-Cults.

Don't even get me started on the names of some of the MtG monsters! I've been pinged by praj-iddal Sorcerers, and burned by "Shaven Dragons" too many times to count.

 

[cmanos]

Otyugh...

 

[Vraille Darkfang]

DM: You enter the throne room, there is a leak by the far wall between the braziers.
Player: A leak?
DM: Yes, a leak.
Player: I stick my finger in it.
DM: Uh, okay. It casts Meteor Swarm on you, roll for initiative.

Lich: "Now I know I put that scroll over by these brassieres. Maybe in this Underwire... YEOWWW!!!"

PC: "I'm sorry but according to my heal check, you have some Prostate Problems. Namely, a lack of one. Sorry if my Adamantine Gauntlets are a bit cold."

You'd meteor swarm too.